More charges have been filed against a Marksville man who initially was accused of possessing a stolen 18-wheeler and trailer last week, according to the Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office.

Gerard Paul Marcotte Jr., 32, was charged on April 22 with illegal possession of a stolen vehicle after reports of a vehicle burglary and a stolen 18-wheeler and trailer from Leebo's convenience store in Lecompte. Those reports were made only days after the Lecompte Police Department had taken another report of a vehicle burglary from the same spot, according to the sheriff office's release.

But detectives said that the investigation was continuing, and that more charges could be filed. As the probe continued, detectives also identified an additional suspect as 28-year-old Scott Aymond, of the 500 block of Roy Street in Marksville.

Marcotte Jr. had been in the Avoyelles Parish Detention Center since his arrest. He and Aymond have been charged with unknown offenses in Avoyelles Parish before being transferred and booked into the Rapides Parish Detention Center on Wednesday.

The Town Talk has asked the Avoyelles Parish Sheriff's Office for the charges facing both men in their jurisdiction.

Scott Aymond(Photo: Courtesy/Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office)

Marcotte Jr., of the 300 block of North Preston, was charged with two counts of criminal damage to property less than $500, one count of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, one count of theft of a motor vehicle greater than $1,500, criminal damage to property between $500 and $50,000, four counts of simple burglary and four counts of criminal trespassing. He remains in jail as of Thursday morning.

Aymond was charged with two counts of simple burglary, one count of criminal damage to property less than $500, theft of a motor vehicle greater than $1,500, two counts of criminal trespassing, one count of criminal conspiracy and one count of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. Aymond also remains in jail on Thursday.

The investigation still is continuing, and more arrests are possible, according to the release.